France’s government is weighing a controversial move – scrapping two public holidays – as part of a push to fill state ...

France celebrates eleven public holidays each year, which is the second highest number of annual holidays in Europe after Austria. Additionally, two other holidays are observed in certain regions ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar to save money in next year’s budget.

3 PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied ...

Polling shows that 84% of French citizens are against plans to abolish public holidays in a desperate bid to boost economic ...

The current crisis has been prompted yet again by France's massive budget deficit and sovereign debt, and the government's ...

France’s debt crisis has become the latest test of a fragile political system. Prime Minister François Bayrou is forcing a ...

FRANCE is to scrap two bank holidays to help its economy – but risks intense public scrutiny for doing so. Despite the move being perceived as drastic by the French, the leisure-loving nation… ...

Recently, after the Pentecost Monday holiday, the mayor of Grenoble, France, sparked controversy when he argued French society has evolved beyond religious days off.